The U.S. intelligence community and the Pentagon have quietly agreed on the outlines of an offensive cyber attack that the United States would unleash if Russia electronically interferes with the 2018 midterm election on Nov. 6: Daily Beast article Nov 2, 2018 This happens to be the subject of my newest novel, Cyberian Affair.
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Mueller Report Redactions Revealed – Russian Hacking
Volume I, Section III of the Mueller report describes what the Russians did to hack into US systems and distribute hacked material to affect the 2016 US presidential election. But much of this section is REDACTED. Most of the redacted information was included UNREDACTED in a July 13, 2018 indictment document. The following graphics summarize the indictment – WITHOUT adding any commentary/bias: Keep scrolling down to see more detail: My latest novel, Cyberian Affair, is a fictional story of Russians hacking the American election, and a handful of patriots fighting back: Mark A Pryor Novels
Internet Hacking – Botnets
What is a botnet? How do hackers use them? Mark A Pryor novels
Russian Spearphishing – How Did They Do It?
Ever wonder how the Russians broke into Democratic emails and Rio Olympics? This is an excellent video: Mark A Pryor novels
Facts on U.S. Trade
How important is trade to the U.S.? What are the facts? To eliminate the confusion over facts and “fake news”, these statistics come directly from the CIA World Factbook. This is a free, unclassified document published by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. It gives this information about U.S. Trade: Imports $2.352 trillion (2017 est.) – #1 importing country in the world -China 21.1%, Mexico 13.4%, Canada 12.7%, Japan 6%, Germany 5.2% (2016) -agricultural products 4.9%, industrial supplies 32.9% (crude oil 8.2%), capital goods 30.4% (computers, telecommunications equipment, motor vehicle parts, office machines, electric power machinery), consumer goods 31.8% (automobiles, clothing, …
Are You a Private Person?
Do you value your privacy? Do you use Facebook? How careful are you? Check out this humorous but revealing video Mark A Pryor Novels
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Simplified – Animation
Fabulous animation explains the operation of the most complex machine in the world, colder than outer space, hotter than the center of the sun.
To Mock a Killingbird
From Analytical Grammar/Grammar Planet
Awesome Helmet
From Sarcasm, It’s Not For Everyone
Ale vs. Lager
What’s the difference between an ale and a lager? To a brewer, it’s all in the yeast. But most beer drinkers choose their beer for the taste. Read on to learn more. Beer-making is an ancient art. Evidence in Iran shows mankind has been brewing beer for at least 7,000 years. China, Mesopotamia (Iraq), Egypt and other locations also record ancient beer making. When did we learn about yeast? For thousands of years, brewers (mostly women, by the way) made beer without knowing anything about yeast. Leeuwenhoeck first observed yeast in beer in 1680, but it took until 1857 for …